CVE-2001-1277

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

makewhatis in the man package before 1.5i2 allows an attacker in group man to overwrite arbitrary files via a man page whose name contains shell metacharacters.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 11, 2001
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2001-1277: Low severity, CVSS 2.1 | Vulnix